2m1f New Smart View Racecards By Racing Post Handicap Chase (4yo+) There are quite a few unexposed chasers in here, but most of them are having their first run of the season. Chavez may be racing off a good mark, but he’s hardly a dead-cert whilst Drumbear may be the…
Author: Paul Davidson
1pt each-way Moroder @25/1, 14:05 Aintree, Saturday
3m2f (Grand National) Boylesports Becher Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (6yo+) There is definitely an argument to say that The Big Breakaway could be tailor-made for this race with bottomless ground in his favour. He’s also been heloed by a drop of 4lbs from his National mark…
1pt win The Folkes Tiara @7/1, 15:40 Fairyhouse, Saturday
2m1f EasyFix Equine Handicap Chase (Listed Race) (4yo+) There is a risk racing won’t go ahead in most places tomorrow, but at the time of writing, Fairyhouse may have a higher chance of racing taking place than at Newbury. Some interesting novices are being unearthed on the card, but it’s…
1pt win Hollow Games 15/2, 1pt win Gevrey @9/1, 14:30 Navan, Sunday
3m Bar One Racing Troytown Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (4yo+) Gordon Elliott saddles no less than 15 of the 22 runners in the Troytown Handicap. A quite remarkable numbers of darts are being thrown at the dartboard here and the odds must surely point to one of his runners claiming…
3pts win Vauban @5/2, 4:00AM Flemington, Tuesday
2m Lexus Melbourne Cup (Group 1 Handicap) (3yo+) (Turf) (3yo+) I normally like to try and find a winner lurking at bigger odds than our selection in the Melbourne Cup this coming Tuesday. But such is the confidence and expectation about VAUBAN, I think it’s almost impossible to oppose him…
1pt win Trueshan @5/2, 13:15 Ascot, Saturday
1m7½f (Inner) Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup (Group 2) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (3yo+) This time five weeks ago it would have been hard to see how TRUESHAN could go and win a fourth Long Distance Cup, but a Group 2 Doncaster Cup win and Group 1 Prix…
1pt win Sense Of Duty @12/1, 1pt win Sandrine @12/1, 13:50 Ascot, Saturday
6f Qipco British Champions Sprint Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (3yo+) The depth of the sprinting division has been questionable all season and with Shaquille out of proceedings the Champion Sprint looks fairly wide-open to me. Kinross could be the best chance of a winner on the…
1pt each-way Temporize @11/1, 0.75pts each-way Blazeon Five @33/1, 14:40 Newmarket, Saturday
2m2f (Row) Club Godolphin Cesarewitch Handicap (Heritage Handicap) (Class 2) (3yo+) A race dominated by the Irish, National Hunt horses and Willie Mullins in particular in recent years, but the master jumps trainer is probably heading to Newmarket more in hope than in expectation given the credentials of his runners.…
1pt win Annaf @9/2, 15:00 Ascot, Saturday
6f John Guest Racing Bengough Stakes (Group 3) (Class 1) (3yo+) Not much separates this group of sprinters with any number holding strong claims. But at the weights it might just be ANNAF that shades it here. Already proven at Group 1 level having finished third in the King Stand…
1pt win Jackie Oh @13/2, 1pt win Jannah Rose @13/2, 15:50 Longchamp, Sunday
1m2f Prix de l’Opera Longines (Group 1) (3yo+ Fillies & Mares) Blue Rose Cen has already got three Group 1’s on her CV and looked top class when winning the Prix Marcel Boussac on this card last year. She’s clearly a talented filly, but she has shown some cinks in…